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Direct linkHarkness, Sara; Super, Charles M. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2020
The seven papers in this issue address a variety of challenges that parents in several different cultural places encounter as they do their best to ensure their children's safe, happy, and successful development from infancy through middle childhood: infant sleep, developmental agendas, temperament, preschools, academic success, and learning to be…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Barriers, Cultural Differences, Child Development
Liljestrom, Rita – 1980
Attempts to trace historical changes in the relationship between adults and children from pre-industrial times in Europe to the European present are made in this essay. Topics discussed include: (1) brief childhood in pre-industrial society; (2) the discovery of childhood by the bourgeoisie; (3) the reproduction of the proletariat; (4) the…
Descriptors: Change, Cultural Influences, Economic Development, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedJensen, An-Magritt – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 1998
Examines the impact of fertility, family changes, and employment trends on parenthood in Scandinavia. Maintains that the most vulnerable aspect of responsible parenthood is the privatization of the family and feminization of childhood. Parenthood as private choice may encourage societal nonresponsibility for children. The high risk of parental…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Community Responsibility, Family (Sociological Unit), Foreign Countries
Ministry of Education and Social Affairs, Stockholm (Sweden). – 1979
A Swedish report on day care for children between the ages of 7 months and 3 years is summarized in English in this document. Preparation of the original report involved reviewing Swedish and foreign research concerning day nursery for the very young and conducting exploratory and evaluative studies of small children in day nurseries. Chapter by…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Cognitive Development, Community Characteristics, Community Surveys
Henriksson, Benny – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Education, 1984
Social changes in Sweden have engendered concrete problems for young people. For example, an extensive government-sponsored day care system has left many youth longing for social contacts with adults. The Swedish society is giving material welfare higher priority than social welfare. Possible solutions are discussed. (RM)
Descriptors: Community Action, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Day Care
